Debian Security Advisory
DSA-3475-1 postgresql-9.1 -- security update
- Date Reported:
- 13 Feb 2016
- Affected Packages:
- postgresql-9.1
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2015-5288, CVE-2016-0766, CVE-2016-0773.
- More information:
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Several vulnerabilities have been found in PostgreSQL-9.1, a SQL database system.
- CVE-2015-5288
Josh Kupershmidt discovered a vulnerability in the crypt() function in the pgCrypto extension. Certain invalid salt arguments can cause the server to crash or to disclose a few bytes of server memory.
- CVE-2016-0766
A privilege escalation vulnerability for users of PL/Java was discovered. Certain custom configuration settings (GUCs) for PL/Java will now be modifiable only by the database superuser to mitigate this issue.
- CVE-2016-0773
Tom Lane and Greg Stark discovered a flaw in the way PostgreSQL processes specially crafted regular expressions. Very large character ranges in bracket expressions could cause infinite loops or memory overwrites. A remote attacker can exploit this flaw to cause a denial of service or, potentially, to execute arbitrary code.
For the oldstable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed in version 9.1.20-0+deb7u1.
We recommend that you upgrade your postgresql-9.1 packages.
- CVE-2015-5288